Kathy Heronema (2016) - Hall of Fame - University of Northern Colorado Athletics

Kathy Heronema

Induction:
2016
Class:
1976

Heronema was a four-year letterwinner in both sports and one of first female athletes to receive an athletic scholarship at UNC. She was also one of the first female athletes to experiment with the Heptathlon in track and field, and helped build the event within the conference and region. She was the Intermountain Conference Champion and Region 7 Champion, which qualified her to compete at the National Championships. Her senior year, she and a distance runner were the first two women to compete for UNC at the Track & Field National Championships, which were held at Eugene, Oregon in 1976. (This was prior to All-American recognition of women.) As three-year starter at goalie in field hockey, Kathy recorded multiple shut-outs. She led UNC to back-to-back Intermountain Conference Championships in 1974 and 75. Her senior year, opponents scored only half as many goals as the Bears. They qualified for the National Collegiate Championships in Harrisonburg, Virginia in 1975. This was the only UNC team to compete in a Nat